Pharrell Williams official store
Pharrell’s official shop
Visit the artist’s store for its current releases. Selection and stock vary.
Explore collection ↗︎← Pharrell Williams5 story stops / Suggested order
One day, one city, one beat
Follow “Happy” through Los Angeles as a twenty-four-hour mosaic rather than one star vehicle.
Read in this order, then plan travel between the public locations. Historical references and private properties are not visitor stops. This is a story sequence, not a timed walking itinerary.
Place and area markers · not exact camera positions
An active transport hub: stay within public areas and leave passenger routes clear.
Open in maps ↗︎- 01Chapter one · Enter the worldMusic video · Happy
Follow “Happy” through Los Angeles as a twenty-four-hour mosaic rather than one star vehicle.
Union Station
Basil D Soufi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph Union Station appears in the 24-hour Happy project. Metro’s own account documents the station’s role, joining the video to an everyday place of arrivals and departures.
An active transport hub: stay within public areas and leave passenger routes clear.
- 02Music video · Happy
Runyon Canyon
Alain Demour/Original uploader was Scewing at en.wikipedia · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped location photograph Runyon Canyon is among the locations in the 24-hour video, shifting the mood from the built city to the hills above it.
Check park notices before setting out. The map marks the park rather than a verified dancer or camera position.
- 03Chapter two · Go deeper24-HOUR VIDEO GEOGRAPHY
A city-sized music video made from stations, sidewalks, rooftops and the radical simplicity of people dancing where they live.
Los Angeles City Hall
Michael J Fromholtz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph Civic Center gives the “Happy” project one of its most recognisably public Los Angeles backdrops.
Civic building; check visitor entry rules and opening hours. Public street views do not require entry.
- 04STREET-PERFORMANCE CONTEXT
hollywood-boulevard
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain · Cropped location photograph Hollywood’s pavement crowds and performance culture make it a natural chapter in the citywide dance mosaic.
Use the public realm; do not enter production or private property.
- 05Chapter three · The afterimageCHANGED CITY LANDMARK
End with the place that reveals how this World survives beyond its original frame.
Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site
Spaghettifier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph The original bridge’s industrial frame belongs to the Los Angeles visual vocabulary surrounding the project; the structure seen before 2016 no longer survives.
The original bridge was demolished in 2016; the current bridge is its replacement. Use marked pedestrian routes only.
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